42: Are they going to launch the Southern Sky Project?!

The moment the call connected.

Old Immortal Dimo composed himself.

His tone was steady and calm:

"President Trump!"

"You must already be aware of the incident that occurred on our country's border!"

"I am contacting you this time for only one reason."

"I agree to cooperate with your Eagle Country to oppose the Great Xia Country!"

Facing Old Immortal Dimo's straightforward declaration.

President Trump's lips curled slightly upward on the other end of the phone.

He had been waiting for this day.

Yet, he feigned concern:

"Oh, my friend, I deeply sympathize with your predicament!"

"The Great Xia Country is truly too arrogant!"

"How exactly do you wish to cooperate?"

Old Immortal Dimo spoke, feigning seriousness:

"My India is willing to completely defect to your Eagle Country! Let's sanction Great Xia together!"

"But I have one condition."

"After you acquire Great Xia's laser weapon technology, you must share it with me!"

"Without the technology, how can I help you contain Great Xia?"

He was secretly calculating his gains.

Once he obtained the laser technology.

His India would establish itself independently!

By then, what would Eagle Country even matter!

Trump knew exactly what was going on, but on the surface, he laughed heartily:

"No problem! Allies should share!"

"As long as we join forces and secure Great Xia's laser technology, we will give you a share!"

Next, the two exchanged a few pleasantries.

They then agreed on a time for business negotiations and ended the call.

After hanging up the phone.

Trump's smile instantly vanished.

"Old Immortal Dimo? Trying to treat our Eagle Country as a cash cow again?"

"Want to share technology? Dream on!"

"Once Great Xia is contained, we'll just kick him aside!"

Trump stared at the map of the Great Xia Country on the screen, his eyes malevolent:

"First, let Old Immortal Dimo go cause trouble for Great Xia."

"It will be easier to obtain the laser weapon technology when the Great Xia Country seeks negotiations!"

Trump was making his own calculations in his heart.

He naturally knew that Old Immortal Dimo was not sincerely defecting.

That guy, it wasn't the first time he had tricked Eagle Country.

He agreed nicely every time.

Then, he would turn around and sell out Eagle Country.

And it wasn't just once.

This time, no matter what, he couldn't let the Old Immortal succeed.

The two old foxes, each plotting schemes.

Both were thinking about how to gain the maximum benefit from the other... Time passed day by day.

Five days later.

India finally replied again.

They claimed that the border commander had issued orders privately and had been severely punished.

They also guaranteed that similar incidents would not happen again.

The border conflict between Great Xia and India.

Was considered temporarily concluded.

But as India and Eagle Country publicly signed a series of military and commercial cooperation agreements.

The outside world speculated widely.

That India and Eagle Country, those two old rascals, must be brewing up something nasty again... On the other side.

Xia Academy of Sciences.

Inside the Materials Laboratory.

All the Engineers were full of excitement, looking at the data on the testing screen.

"Is this really the alloy material we developed?"

"Holy crap! If this hardness were used on tanks, wouldn't they be invincible?"

"No! I think if it's used on fighter jets, the speed of our jets could be further increased."

"I feel like I'm going crazy, this data is truly defying nature!"

Every time they looked at a piece of data.

They couldn't help but exclaim in admiration and cheer.

Lin Chen and Li Jianguo stood nearby, their eyes filled with excitement.

On the testing screen, sets of precise data.

All proved the terrifying performance of the new alloy material.

Academician Zhou Ming's gaze was fixed on the data on the screen.

He turned back to look at Lin Chen, his voice choked with excitement:

"Chief Designer Lin, we succeeded!"

"All the data meets the design requirements, and even surpasses them!"

"Moreover, all metrics far exceed the current most advanced international aviation materials by over 100 times!"

"We are far ahead of foreign countries!"

Everyone involved in building aero-engines knows.

The main core materials for aero-engines are divided into five parts.

First are the turbine blades and turbine disk sections.

They almost all use nickel-based single crystal alloys.

Maximum temperature resistance of 1300 degrees Celsius, and tensile strength of 1000-1200 MPa!

This is currently the most advanced material on the Blue Star.

Then there are the ceramic matrix composites used in the combustion chamber and turbine shroud ring.

The maximum temperature resistance is only 1650 degrees Celsius, and the tensile strength is only 300 to 400 MPa.

Even the carbon-carbon composite material used for the highest temperature resistant parts—the exhaust nozzle and afterburner.

The maximum temperature resistance is only 2600 degrees Celsius.

Not to mention the tensile strength, which is only 200 to 300 MPa.

Following that, the titanium-aluminum alloy used for compressor blades resists high temperatures up to 900 degrees Celsius.

And the resin matrix composites used for the bypass casing resist high temperatures up to 300 degrees Celsius.

As for Lin Chen's new alloy, its maximum temperature resistance is 300,000 degrees Celsius.

This is directly 130 times that of the highest temperature resistant carbon-carbon composite material.

Crucially, the weight is only 1% of the lightest material, the resin matrix composite.

The tensile strength is 100 times that of the highest resin matrix composite (2000 MPa).

Reaching a terrifying 200,000 MPa.

Crucially, it achieves zero degradation and zero deformation under high temperatures.

It is evident how terrifying the parameters of this new alloy are.

With this.

The mechanical part of the aero-engine.

Can be entirely satisfied by using only this one material.

Only this material.

Can satisfy the terrifying high temperatures generated by the Plasma Engine when it instantaneously electrolyzes air.

Lin Chen picked up an alloy sample.

The silver surface shone with a cold light, and it was very light to the touch.

He couldn't even feel that he was holding anything.

"Xiao Lin, is this really the new alloy material we created?"

Li Jianguo looked at the alloy piece in Lin Chen's hand and asked incredulously.

Lin Chen nodded slightly.

"Fantastic!"

"With this material, we no longer have to worry about material issues for our aero-engines!"

Li Jianguo's eyes instantly turned red, and he was incredibly excited.

This wasn't just breaking through the sanctions and blockade of Eagle Country.

This was clearly a direct leap into a brand new era of materials technology.

Once this material was unveiled.

Who would still use that garbage material from foreign countries?

If you threw it to a dog, the dog wouldn't even look at it.

"It's not just for aero-engines."

"In the future, mechas, aerospace fighter jets, aerospace aircraft carriers, spacecraft, and Space City can all use this material."

"Soon, there will be even more powerful materials."

Lin Chen's eyes were full of confidence.

What he said was not an exaggeration.

Although this material was just the material technology that came with the Plasma Engine.

It was completely sufficient for building aerospace fighter jets, Aerospace Aircraft Carriers, Space City, and the like.

As soon as he finished speaking.

The surrounding Engineers instantly burst into excitement.

"What? We can even build aerospace fighter jets?"

"We can build Aerospace Aircraft Carriers too?"

"What the hell? Space City is coming out?"

"Is Chief Designer Lin truly preparing to create the South Heaven Gate Project?"

Li Jianguo's eyes shone, and his voice trembled with excitement:

"Xiao Lin, can all those things you just named really be built?"

If anyone else had mentioned it.

Li Jianguo would probably have just laughed it off.

Although the South Heaven Gate Project has always existed in science fiction.

It was merely a fictional concept designed to attract attention and stimulate imagination.

The Great Xia Country could not reach that level of technology for at least 30 years.

But now that the words came from Lin Chen.

It was an entirely different matter.

Because everything Lin Chen had mentioned had already been realized.

Everyone looked at Lin Chen, full of anticipation.

Waiting for his answer.